Commission Implementing Decision of 15 April 2011 of excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (notified under document C(2011) 2517) (only the Bulgarian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish texts are authentic) (2011/244/EU)
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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policy, and in particular Article 7(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy, and in particular Article 31 thereof,
Having consulted the Committee on the Agricultural Funds,
Whereas:
(1) Under Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 and Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, the Commission is to carry out the necessary verifications, communicate to the Member States the results of these verifications, take note of the comments of the Member States, initiate a bilateral discussion so that an agreement may be reached with the Member States in question, and formally communicate its conclusions to them.
(2) The Member States have had an opportunity to request the launch of a conciliation procedure. That opportunity has been used in some cases and the reports issued on the outcome have been examined by the Commission.
(3) Under Regulations (EC) No 1258/1999 and (EC) No 1290/2005, only agricultural expenditure which has been incurred in a way that has not infringed European Union rules may be financed.
(4) In the light of the verifications carried out, the outcome of the bilateral discussions and the conciliation procedures, part of the expenditure declared by the Member States does not fulfil this requirement and cannot, therefore, be financed under the EAGGF Guarantee Section, the EAGF and the EAFRD.
(5) The amounts that are not recognised as being chargeable to the EAGGF Guarantee Section, the EAGF and the EAFRD should be indicated. Those amounts do not relate to expenditure incurred more than 24 months before the Commission’s written notification of the results of the verifications to the Member States.
(6) As regards the cases covered by this decision, the assessment of the amounts to be excluded on grounds of non-compliance with European Union rules was notified by the Commission to the Member States in a summary report on the subject.
(7) This Decision is without prejudice to any financial conclusions that the Commission may draw from the judgments of the Court of Justice in cases pending on 31 December 2010 and relating to its content,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The expenditure itemised in the Annex hereto that has been incurred by the Member States’ accredited paying agencies and declared under the EAGGF Guarantee Section, under the EAGF or under the EAFRD shall be excluded from European Union financing because it does not comply with European Union rules.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Bulgaria, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Portuguese Republic, Romania and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Done at Brussels, 15 April 2011. For the Commission Dacian Cioloş Member of the Commission
ANNEX
ANNEX
MS Measure Financial Year Reason Type % Currency Amount Deductions Financial impact BUDGET ITEM 6701 BG Decoupled Direct Aids 2009 Weaknesses in the functioning of LPIS-GIS FLAT RATE 10,00 EUR –20848236,79 0,00 –20848236,79 TOTAL (BG) EUR –20848236,79 0,00 –20848236,79 DK Fruit and Vegetables - Operational Programmes 2007 Deficient performance of the on-the-spot control FLAT RATE 2,00 DKK –36186,06 0,00 –36186,06 DK Fruit and Vegetables - Operational Programmes 2008 Deficient performance of the on-the-spot control FLAT RATE 2,00 EUR –58609,25 0,00 –58609,25 DK Dried Fodder 2005 Non-compliance with the minimum percentage of additional checks of operators who dried fodder has been supplied to and the late submission of the annual statistics FLAT RATE 2,00 DKK –81519,23 0,00 –81519,23 DK Dried Fodder 2006 Non-compliance with the minimum percentage of additional checks of operators who dried fodder has been supplied to and the late submission of the annual statistics FLAT RATE 2,00 DKK –384358,59 0,00 –384358,59 DK Dried Fodder (2007+) 2007 Non-compliance with the minimum percentage of additional checks of operators who dried fodder has been supplied to and the late submission of the annual statistics FLAT RATE 2,00 DKK –376720,62 0,00 –376720,62 DK Dried Fodder (2007+) 2008 Non-compliance with the minimum percentage of additional checks of operators who dried fodder has been supplied to and the late submission of the annual statistics FLAT RATE 2,00 DKK –54280,43 0,00 –54280,43 TOTAL (DK) EUR –58609,25 0,00 –58609,25 TOTAL (DK) DKK –933064,93 0,00 –933064,93 ES Meat Premiums - Ewe and Goats 2004 Late start of on-the-spot checks FLAT RATE 2,00 EUR –1559059,12 0,00 –1559059,12 ES Meat Premiums - Bovines 2004 On-the-spot control weakness FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –13753,33 0,00 –13753,33 ES Meat Premiums - Bovines 2004 On-the-spot control weaknesses - insufficent or inadequate quality of control - inadequate control FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –1401451,46 0,00 –1401451,46 ES Meat Premiums - Ewe and Goats 2005 Late start of on-the-spot checks FLAT RATE 2,00 EUR –1652652,30 0,00 –1652652,30 ES Meat Premiums - Bovines 2005 On-the-spot control weakness FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –14080,18 0,00 –14080,18 ES Meat Premiums - Bovines 2005 On-the-spot control weaknesses - insufficent or inadequate quality of control - inadequate control FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –1421329,38 0,00 –1421329,38 ES Meat Premiums - Bovines 2006 On-the-spot control weaknesses - insufficent or inadequate quality of control - inadequate control FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –1379600,32 –4082,25 –1375518,07 ES Fruit and Vegetables - Operational Programmes 2006 Deficiencies in the environmental management of packaging ONE-OFF EUR –2672816,95 0,00 –2672816,95 ES Fruit and Vegetables - Operational Programmes 2007 Deficiencies in the environmental management of packaging ONE-OFF EUR –16985313,14 0,00 –16985313,14 ES Fruit and Vegetables - Operational Programmes 2008 Deficiencies in the environmental management of packaging ONE-OFF EUR –17594421,01 0,00 –17594421,01 ES Meat Premiums - Bovines 2006 On-the-spot control weaknesses FLAT RATE 2,00 EUR –187589,74 0,00 –187589,74 ES Olive Oil - Production Aid 2003 Deficiencies in the controls of yields FLAT RATE 2,00 EUR –21570,64 0,00 –21570,64 ES Olive Oil - Production Aid 2003 Incorrect technical tolerances leading to non respect of Olive GIS requirements the first year of application FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –4462,77 0,00 –4462,77 ES Olive Oil - Production Aid 2004 Correction of effect of flat rate correction on one-off correction ONE-OFF EUR 166246,08 0,00 166246,08 ES Olive Oil - Production Aid 2004 Deficiencies in the controls of yields FLAT RATE 2,00 EUR –16844579,61 0,00 –16844579,61 ES Olive Oil - Production Aid 2004 Incorrect calculation of sanctions ONE-OFF EUR –5230671,00 0,00 –5230671,00 ES Olive Oil - Production Aid 2004 Incorrect technical tolerances leading to non respect of Olive GIS requirements the first year of application FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –5678034,36 0,00 –5678034,36 ES Olive Oil - Production Aid 2005 Correction of effect of flat rate correction on one-off correction ONE-OFF EUR 78467,60 0,00 78467,60 ES Olive Oil - Production Aid 2005 Deficiencies in the controls of yields FLAT RATE 2,00 EUR –19830448,92 0,00 –19830448,92 ES Olive Oil - Production Aid 2005 Incorrect calculation of sanctions ONE-OFF EUR –3923380,00 0,00 –3923380,00 ES Olive Oil - Production Aid 2005 Incorrect technical tolerances leading to non respect of Olive GIS requirements the first year of application FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –89880,78 0,00 –89880,78 ES Olive Oil - Production Aid 2006 Correction of effect of flat rate correction on one-off correction ONE-OFF EUR 11060,06 0,00 11060,06 ES Olive Oil - Production Aid 2006 Deficiencies in the controls of yields FLAT RATE 2,00 EUR –19030403,00 0,00 –19030403,00 ES Olive Oil - Production Aid 2006 Incorrect calculation of sanctions ONE-OFF EUR –553003,00 0,00 –553003,00 ES Olive Oil - Production Aid 2006 Incorrect technical tolerances leading to non respect of Olive GIS requirements the first year of application FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –10623,55 0,00 –10623,55 TOTAL (ES) EUR –115843350,82 –4082,25 –115839268,57 FR Direct Payments 2007 Weaknesses in the administrative procedure ONE-OFF EUR –724823,68 0,00 –724823,68 FR Direct Decoupled Aid (single payment scheme - SPS) 2008 Weaknesses in the administrative procedure ONE-OFF EUR –872782,68 0,00 –872782,68 FR Decoupled Direct Aids 2009 Weaknesses in the administrative procedure ONE-OFF EUR –727988,33 0,00 –727988,33 TOTAL (FR) EUR –2325594,69 0,00 –2325594,69 GB Export refunds - Other 2006 Weaknesses in the procedure for certification of exit FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –339,41 0,00 –339,41 GB Export refunds - Non-Annex I 2006 Weaknesses in the procedure for certification of exit FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –1551,62 0,00 –1551,62 GB Export refunds - Sugar and isoglucose 2006 Weaknesses in the procedure for certification of exit FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –2957,78 0,00 –2957,78 GB Export refunds - Other 2007 Weaknesses in the procedure for certification of exit FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –224,14 0,00 –224,14 GB Export refunds - Non-Annex I 2007 Weaknesses in the procedure for certification of exit FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –1024,64 0,00 –1024,64 GB Export refunds - Sugar and isoglucose 2007 Weaknesses in the procedure for certification of exit FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –1953,22 0,00 –1953,22 GB Export refunds - Sugar and isoglucose 2008 Weaknesses in the procedure for certification of exit FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –153,04 0,00 –153,04 GB Export refunds - Other 2008 Weaknesses in the procedure for certification of exit FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –17,57 0,00 –17,57 GB Export refunds - Non-Annex I 2008 Weaknesses in the procedure for certification of exit FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –80,28 0,00 –80,28 GB Export refunds - Sugar and isoglucose 2009 Weaknesses in the procedure for certification of exit FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –7,57 0,00 –7,57 GB Export refunds - Other 2009 Weaknesses in the procedure for certification of exit FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –0,87 0,00 –0,87 GB Export refunds - Non-Annex I 2009 Weaknesses in the procedure for certification of exit FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –3,97 0,00 –3,97 GB Fruit and Vegetables - Operational Programmes 2006 Deficiencies in key controls on recognition and operational programmes FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –508223,82 0,00 –508223,82 GB Fruit and Vegetables - Operational Programmes 2006 Deficiencies in key controls on recognition and operational programmes ONE-OFF EUR –6171594,78 0,00 –6171594,78 GB Fruit and Vegetables - Operational Programmes 2007 Deficiencies in key controls on recognition and operational programmes FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –999359,83 0,00 –999359,83 GB Fruit and Vegetables - Operational Programmes 2007 Deficiencies in key controls on recognition and operational programmes ONE-OFF EUR –12135684,18 0,00 –12135684,18 GB Fruit and Vegetables - Operational Programmes 2008 Deficiencies in key controls on recognition and operational programmes ONE-OFF EUR –6589732,17 0,00 –6589732,17 GB Fruit and Vegetables - Operational Programmes 2008 Deficiencies in key controls on recognition and operational programmes FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –542656,97 0,00 –542656,97 GB Exceptional support measures 2009 Rendering and transport costs unduly charged to the EU budget; dead animals claimed for EU financing ONE-OFF EUR –284317,36 0,00 –284317,36 TOTAL (GB) EUR –27239883,22 0,00 –27239883,22 GR Additional Amounts of Aid 2008 Incorrect information in the LPIS/GIS and weaknesses in the on-the-spot controls FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –3685863,71 0,00 –3685863,71 GR Other Direct Aid - Sugar - other than Export refunds 2008 Incorrect information in the LPIS/GIS and weaknesses in the on-the-spot controls FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –130504,79 0,00 –130504,79 GR Other Direct Aid - Direct Payments 2008 Incorrect information in the LPIS/GIS and weaknesses in the on-the-spot controls FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –1497576,86 0,00 –1497576,86 GR Other Direct Aid - Cotton 2008 Incorrect information in the LPIS/GIS and weaknesses in the on-the-spot controls FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –9155093,09 0,00 –9155093,09 GR Other Direct Aid - Article 69 of Reg.1782/2003 - except Ovines and Bovines 2008 Incorrect information in the LPIS/GIS and weaknesses in the on-the-spot controls FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –3310395,31 0,00 –3310395,31 GR Direct Decoupled Aid (single payment scheme - SPS) 2008 Incorrect information in the LPIS/GIS and weaknesses in the on-the-spot controls FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –91632386,41 0,00 –91632386,41 GR Other Direct Aids 2009 Incorrect information in the LPIS/GIS and weaknesses in the on-the-spot controls FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR 5928,18 0,00 5928,18 GR Other Direct Aid - Article 69 of Reg.1782/2003 - except Ovines and Bovines 2009 Incorrect information in the LPIS/GIS and weaknesses in the on-the-spot controls FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR 1407,54 0,00 1407,54 GR Additional Amounts of Aid 2009 Incorrect information in the LPIS/GIS and weaknesses in the on-the-spot controls FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR 2668,68 0,00 2668,68 GR Decoupled Direct Aids 2009 Incorrect information in the LPIS/GIS and weaknesses in the on-the-spot controls FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –810049,67 0,00 –810049,67 GR Olive Oil - Production Aid 2004 Weaknesses in the controls of mills and in the olive cultivation GIS FLAT RATE 10,00 EUR –193490,20 0,00 –193490,20 GR Olive Oil - Production Aid (2007+) 2005 Weaknesses in the controls of mills and in the olive cultivation GIS FLAT RATE 15,00 EUR –283443,46 0,00 –283443,46 GR Olive Oil - Production Aid (2007+) 2005 Weaknesses in the controls of mills and in the olive cultivation GIS FLAT RATE 10,00 EUR –43471909,07 0,00 –43471909,07 GR Olive Oil - Production Aid (2007+) 2006 Weaknesses in the controls of mills and in the olive cultivation GIS FLAT RATE 10,00 EUR –447353,51 0,00 –447353,51 GR Olive Oil - Production Aid (2007+) 2006 Weaknesses in the controls of mills and in the olive cultivation GIS FLAT RATE 15,00 EUR –89134155,41 –215120,80 –88919034,62 GR Olive Oil - Financement GIS 2004 Ineligible expenditures concerning activities carried out after 31 October 2003 ONE-OFF EUR –3437468,51 0,00 –3437468,51 GR Olive Oil - Financement GIS 2006 Ineligible expenditures concerning activities carried out after 31 October 2003 ONE-OFF EUR –263620,00 0,00 –263620,00 TOTAL (GR) EUR –247443305,60 –215120,80 –247228184,80 IT Public Storage - Sugar 2005 Booking the sugar intake in 2005 not subject to physical movement ONE-OFF EUR –797560,00 0,00 –797560,00 IT Public Storage - Sugar 2006 35 % increase in storage costs FLAT RATE 10,00 EUR –171418,00 0,00 –171418,00 IT Public Storage - Sugar 2006 Late inventory controls FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –781044,00 0,00 –781044,00 IT Public Storage - Sugar 2007 35 % increase in storage costs FLAT RATE 10,00 EUR –182006,00 0,00 –182006,00 IT Public Storage - Sugar 2008 35 % increase in storage costs FLAT RATE 10,00 EUR –111062,00 0,00 –111062,00 IT Public Storage - Sugar 2009 35 % increase in storage costs FLAT RATE 10,00 EUR –34547,00 0,00 –34547,00 TOTAL (IT) EUR –2077637,00 0,00 –2077637,00 NL Fruit and Vegetables - Operational Programmes 2006 Ineligible costs for printing on packages and expenditures of a producer organisation with decentralised marketing ONE-OFF EUR –5166882,80 0,00 –5166882,80 NL Fruit and Vegetables - Operational Programmes 2007 Ineligible costs for printing on packages and expenditures of a producer organisation with decentralised marketing ONE-OFF EUR –10543404,52 0,00 –10543404,52 NL Fruit and Vegetables - Operational Programmes 2008 Ineligible costs for printing on packages and expenditures of a producer organisation with decentralised marketing ONE-OFF EUR –6981120,47 0,00 –6981120,47 TOTAL (NL) EUR –22691407,79 0,00 –22691407,79 PT Other Direct Aid - Bovines 2007 Weeknesses established in the functioning of IT system ONE-OFF EUR –415669,10 0,00 –415669,10 PT Other Direct Aid - Bovines 2008 Weeknesses established in the functioning of IT system ONE-OFF EUR –304813,73 0,00 –304813,73 TOTAL (PT) EUR –720482,83 0,00 –720482,83 RO Other Direct Aid - Energy Crops 2009 Weaknesses in functioning of LPIS-GIS, in the performance of the on-the-spot/field visits following administrative cross-checks FLAT RATE 10,00 EUR –6694,99 0,00 –6694,99 RO Other Direct Aid - Energy Crops 2009 Weaknesses in functioning of LPIS-GIS, in the performance of the on-the-spot/field visits following administrative cross-checks ONE-OFF EUR –108740,61 0,00 –108740,61 RO Other Direct Aids 2009 Weaknesses in functioning of LPIS-GIS, in the performance of the on-the-spot/field visits following administrative cross-checks ONE-OFF EUR –52831,05 0,00 –52831,05 RO Decoupled Direct Aids 2009 Weaknesses in functioning of LPIS-GIS, in the performance of the on-the-spot/field visits following administrative cross-checks FLAT RATE 10,00 EUR –489527,30 0,00 –489527,30 RO Decoupled Direct Aids 2009 Weaknesses in functioning of LPIS-GIS, in the performance of the on-the-spot/field visits following administrative cross-checks ONE-OFF EUR –38620445,36 0,00 –38620445,36 TOTAL (RO) EUR –39278239,32 0,00 –39278239,32 TOTAL (6701) EUR –478526747,31 –219203,05 –478307544,26 TOTAL (6701) DKK –933064,93 0,00 –933064,93 BUDGET ITEM 6711 BG Rural Development EAFRD Axis 2 (2007-2013, area related measures) 2009 Weaknesses in the functioning of LPIS-GIS FLAT RATE 10,00 EUR –1204509,85 0,00 –1204509,85 BG Rural Development EAFRD Complement to direct payment (2007-2013) 2009 Weaknesses in the functioning of LPIS-GIS and on-the-spot controls FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –2490360,23 0,00 –2490360,23 TOTAL (BG) EUR –3694870,08 0,00 –3694870,08 GR Rural Development EAFRD Axis 2 (2007-2013, area related measures) 2007 Incorrect information in the LPIS/GIS and weaknesses in the on-the-spot controls FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –3154596,63 0,00 –3154596,63 GR Rural Development EAFRD Axis 2 (2007-2013, area related measures) 2008 Incorrect information in the LPIS/GIS and weaknesses in the on-the-spot controls FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –8414084,26 0,00 –8414084,26 GR Rural Development EAFRD Axis 2 (2007-2013, area related measures) 2009 Incorrect information in the LPIS/GIS and weaknesses in the on-the-spot controls FLAT RATE 5,00 EUR –597155,10 0,00 –597155,10 TOTAL (GR) EUR –12165835,99 0,00 –12165835,99 RO Rural Development EAFRD Axis 2 (2007-2013, area related measures) 2009 Weaknesses in functioning of LPIS-GIS, in the performance of the on-the-spot/field visits following administrative cross-checks FLAT RATE 10,00 EUR –7246383,51 0,00 –7246383,51 RO Rural Development EAFRD Axis 2 (2007-2013, area related measures) 2009 Weaknesses in functioning of LPIS-GIS, in the performance of the on-the-spot/field visits following administrative cross-checks ONE-OFF EUR –10512529,35 0,00 –10512529,35 RO Rural Development EAFRD Axis 2 (2007-2013, area related measures) 2009 Weaknesses in functioning of LPIS-GIS, in the performance of the on-the-spot/field visits following administrative cross-checks ONE-OFF EUR –877717,21 0,00 –877717,21 RO Rural Development EAFRD Complement to direct payment (2007-2013) 2009 Weaknesses in functioning of LPIS-GIS, in the performance of the on-the-spot/field visits following administrative cross-checks FLAT RATE 10,00 EUR –10975412,09 0,00 –10975412,09 RO Rural Development EAFRD Complement to direct payment (2007-2013) 2009 Weaknesses in functioning of LPIS-GIS, in the performance of the on-the-spot/field visits following administrative cross-checks ONE-OFF EUR –6008420,75 0,00 –6008420,75 TOTAL (RO) EUR –35620462,91 0,00 –35620462,91 TOTAL (6711) EUR –51481168,98 0,00 –51481168,98 BUDGET ITEM 05070107 DE Irregularities 2009 Reimbursement concerning irregularity cases ONE-OFF EUR 508165,76 0,00 508165,76 TOTAL (DE) EUR 508165,76 0,00 508165,76 TOTAL (05070107) EUR 508165,76 0,00 508165,76